Liz Jeneid 2012 Tutor for CONTEXTART
LIZ JENEID has been an exhibiting artist for the last 30 years and has been teaching visual arts for over 20 years. She is now an Honorary Fellow in the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong where, as well as teaching textiles and visual investigation, she introduced a Book Arts program in 1990. Prior to teaching at the University of Wollongong and after studying textiles in the USA, she set up a production weaving studio in Sydney and combined this with working as a community artist, travelling extensively throughout NSW. Printmaking is now part of her practice, which she uses in her books and in one-off and editioned prints. She has had a number of residencies which include Greece, Paris, the USA, NERAM Australia and on ships going to the Antarctic and Arctic. Her works are in collections in Australia and overseas.
Above: Liz Jeneid in her studio
Workshops
2 DAY Workshop: MARK MAKING/ PRINTS/PAPER (Sat/Sun April 14 & 15). Start by looking at using the natural & built environment around you for inspiration such as building elements, gardens, the bush and close ups of objects/plants. Learn to record your impressions via a number of simple but effective mark making techniques using sticks & ink, wax rubbings, wax crayons, graphite, charcoal, water colour & acrylic paint. Preparation of paper using gesso, shellac and chalk will be demonstrated. Using these initial drawings we can add and subtract layers such as scraping back, using collage to add layers and drawing back into the surface…. the emphasis will be on exploring the use of different tools and mark making, feeling free to experiment and enjoying the processes. Simple printmaking explored as well, to enhance surfaces. Materials fee of $10 per person, payable to the tutor in class. Enrol Now
Above:'Spinefex I' by Liz Jeneid
4-DAY Workshop: MARK MAKING/ PRINTS/ PAPER and…..MAYBE A BOOK (from Mon afternoon April 16th to Friday noon, April 20th).Start with an introduction to materials and what subject matter will be used - your own images, the immediate surroundings or objects that can be easily sourced. Each day begins with a brief talk about work done on the previous day and a short exercise introducing different mark making techniques such as charcoal & wash or using a stick with ink, collage or working with layers. Experimentation with different papers and tools will give you a vocabulary to draw on for the rest of the session. Subject matter will be extended for those who have done the 2-day workshop (where to now?) Some simple printmaking techniques, mono printing and transfer printing will be demonstrated and these can be incorporated into the work. Enthusiasm, and a willingness to try new and different ways of putting down marks will make the course an enjoyable one. The final pieces can be separate works that are pinned up, housed in a box or made into a book. Materials fee of $20 per person, payable to the tutor in class.Enrol Now
Above:'Spinefex II' by Liz Jeneid
